The old Black Heart Gold Pants has a funny archive thread from a 2010 dual but a lot of threads are gone. But, yeah, they were great. It couldn’t have come at a better time to elicit bravado and denial as Iowa was then hitting false heights due to the double recruiting class - thinking it was all Brands’ brilliance and not the propping up of a dying empire.
It's what Cael himself said when asked by some alum about the in-state "rivalry."
Speaking of Black Heart Gold Pants, if for some strange reason I start to feel the tiniest bit bad for the fate of Iowa wrestling, I think back to this article from the 2010 PSU-Iowa dual meet, which is dripping with loathing and arrogance.
And the author of that article hasn’t changed his email address, so it’s nice so drop him a line and say hi occasionally. Maybe someone can ask him how he’ll be celebrating Cael’s 15 year anniversary.
Yup - and they stripped the comments from it, but I’ve read it with the comments. A lot of those tools commenting back then migrated over to HR/GIA where it took more than a decade for most to accept reality.
And Cael won’t show it outwardly, but you know he loves pounding that team in front of Gable at Carver.
I guarantee Gable respects the hell out of Cael. Take no prisoners.
What is really almost prophetic about this article is the score. 29-6, the score Penn State beat Iowa this year at Carver. Sweet!!!
Dan Gable himself, is a good man who has endured tragedy and has true value as a person. The issue is, was, and always will be, the classless and arrogant fans of the Iowa program, and their two little trolls that coach it.
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Yeah, the double recruiting class helped Brands reach the top of the ladder and without it he has been more like a regular 3rd placer. However, more than Iowa falling back I think it was much more Cael taking Penn State and by leaps and bounds simply surpassing anything the Brands could muster.
Good read lol15 years ago this coming Tuesday, the first reports started coming out of Iowa State of a ugly rumor circulating. The rest is history. I always enjoy going back on quiet days and reading what people say and think before the fact. I honestly feel bad for the Cyclone fans. We wear our fandom on our sleeves and it's hard when things take a turn for the worse. That said, it was and still is a great day to be a Lion. We are ...
anyone else heard a REALLY BAD rumor
about Cael possibly going to Penn State? No joke, just was asked by another clone fan.
It's always interesting to read what people were thinking in the moment without many facts. You see people get through the five stages of grief sooner than others. After having read the NCAA finals thread on there from 2024 (!!!), some are still at the anger stage. That's a long time to hold a grudge against someone you'll never know, and knowing the outcome proved them right.
